Bipolar disorder

Bipolar: How can we treat this problem (when antidepressants don’t work)?

Bipolar disorder is now the sixth leading disability in the world. It is a chronic and recurring psychiatric disorder that causes dramatic and sudden mood swings more »

Individualised approach to bipolar disorder

Orthomolecular specialists such as the Pfeiffer Treatment Center in the US and the Optimum Nutrition Institute in the UK offer highly individualised treatment programmes based on nutrition and supplem... more »

Toxic overload?

Along with nutrient imbalances, the Pfeiffer Center has found that an overload of copper and toxic substances also contributes to mental problems such as bipolar disorder. Depressives with high copper... more »

Balancing moods by balancing nutrients

While most practitioners, conventional and alternative, focus on fighting heart disease, arthritis and cancer, there is growing concern over the silent epidemic of mental disorders that is becoming on... more »

How to get yourself back into balance

Many things can influence bipolar disorder, such as imbalances in blood sugar and thyroid hormones, or lifestyle. Orthomolecular practitioners believe that lifestyle changes should only be attempted a... more »

Official resistance

So compelling is the evidence for a nutritional approach to bipolar disorder that it’s a wonder why more physicians and psychiatrists aren’t flocking to learn more. But there’s strong official resista... more »

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